Dumping-car.



A. E. USTRANDER & F. H. GIBBS.

DUMPING CAR. APPucATloN FILED rss. 4. 19:3.

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#KJ/W ATTORNEY A. E. OSTRANDER F. H. GIBBS.

DUMPING CAR. APPLrcA-nou- FILED ma. 4. 1913.

1,140,606. Patented May 1915.

WITNESSES INVENTOR A. E. OSTRANDER 6L F. H. GIBBS.

DUMPING CAR.

APPLlcArloN FILED FEB. 4. 1913.

Patented May 25, 1915.

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vENTq A. E. OSTRANDER & F. H. GIBBS.

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Patented May 2.5.1915.

@,0.G..O O 0.@ G 0 GAG mvemons ATTORNEY WITNESSES Ap'E. OSTRANDE'H F.' H. GIBBS.

DUMPING CAR. APPLICATION men ma. 4 1913.

Patented May 25,1915,

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at .m NVENTORS ATTORNEY 503m Alf/M A. E.l OSTRANDR & F( H. GIBBS.

Patented May 25, 1915.

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W I TNESSES ,'Arroamx im TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E. os'rmimnn, or nmonwoon, NEW JERSEY, AND FREDERICK n. Grens, or

NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Fatent.

` Dmmscm Patented May 25, 1915.

i To gli whom it may concern.'

B e it known that we, ALLEN E. Os'rizannnn Fnnnnnicx H. Grens, residing at Ridge- Food, New Jersey, and New York city, New Yorin respectively, and being citizens of the States, here invented certain new `and useful Im rovements in Dumping-Cars, of which the? ollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others lskilled in the art to which it appertains to tineke and to use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred form ofthe invention, though it is to be understood that the invention is'uot limited to the exact details Tof construction shown and'descrilied, :is it is obvious that various modifications thereof will occur to persons skilled in the art.

ln said drawings: Figure represents a `side elevation of half a car embodying this invention. Fig. Q is a plan rie-w of the same. `Figs 3 and 4 represent :in enlarged longitudir-.al central section of the other half of the car. 5, represents the .ear end. Fig. 6 represents in the right hand half a section of the cor at the bolster, und in the. left hand half al section of the car at the. deep `cross.' bearer. Fig. 'i' represents a section of the car at the narrow crossl bearer.

This invention Vrelates to car construction and particularly to dump cars of that type wherein the doors forming the bottom thereof are pirotally supported by the center `sill construction and extend to the outer sides of the car and are there connected with means adapted to control and operate the same, and comprehends in its adaptation certain novel details in nriderframes and car- 'cody constructions whereby the discharge of tl1e`- lading shall occur between the center sills and side walls in such manner that the gravity of the lading thereof shall tend to choke or retard theiiow thereof and create a discharge at practically uniform speed at the door ends. And, after the bulk of the lading has been discharged, provision is made for causing the riduum to gravitate to the central longitudinal plane of the car, wherein said car may be expeditiously cleared.

stresses. The form given the bottom wall of the car body in incavating it, and that gi 'Jen sha-ll discharge the ladingbcyond the tread of the car and it also comprehends a novel form of braciu the-end sills and holsters intermediate their lateral extent.

Referring to the drawings, the finden frame comprises a center sill construction of trussed form wherein the webs l are tapered upward penetrating the holsters and arc secured within the draft sills and holsters and with the draft sills 2 forma continuous spaced center sill construction from end to end of the car. The upper part of the center sill is provided with an outturned flange 3 which is longitudinally coincident with the upper flange 4 of the draft sills and 'which forms the compression flange of `the center sill truss. The lower portion of the center sill web is provided with a pair of angle irons 5 and 6 placed back to back and fixed to the said center sill web forming the tension flange of the center sill truss.

The cross bearers are' of two types. narrou- 'i' and deep S, and for convenience in the understanding of the construction--v the narrow cross bearers are called floor beams 7, but this terminology is not intended as a limitation as euch cross-bearer is formed for the sume purpose and adapte-d in their construct-ion to bear their load in proportion to their locality in the underframe. The Hoor beams und cross bearers ure in form of diaphragms having outlining flanges, the npperbeing designated T and the lower 7b for the floor beams and Sla and S" for the deep cross bearers. The diaphragms of the deep crossbearers 8 are deeper attheir inv ner ends, which are adjacent the center sill construction, than they are at their outer ends, and their upper and lower edges are upwardly and outwardly inclined, in such manner that the upper diaphragm edge inclines upwardly from the center sill con struction until its highest point is in a plane considerably above the uppermost plane of said center sill construction. Diaphragm 8 of the deep cross-bearer is angularly recessed or notched at its upper outer end, and an outlining flange parallels the upper edge, as at 8*, the contour of the notch, the vertical end edgeA and a small portion of the bottom edge of said diaphragm, the latter showing at 8". The remainder of the lower diaphragm edge is outlined and stilened by a pair of angles 8, on opposite sides thereof, see Figs. 1 and 6, or, preferably, by what is known in the steel trade as dro per bars, each of which is an angu lar p e one of whose legs is relatively narrow. Thev diaphragm at its upper edge, on the side opposite that having said flange 8, is 4reinforced by a stifener 8", preferably an angular ressing the outstanding flange of which o owsa path parallel to that of said before mentioned diaphragm flange 8*. The vertical leg of this pressing is attached to saidY diaphragm and'has a uniform width which parallels the outstanding leg or flange except under the cross-bearer notch where it is widened to 'an area correspondi to that in the diaphra below said noto The notch in the en of the cross-'bearer is provided for the reception of a door operating mechanism supporting bracket, to which it gives a directly reacting sup rt, and which will be described hereina r. The diaphragm of the floor beam 7 is provided with an integral outlining Huge similar to the outlining flange 8g of the ecp cross-bearer, except that it substantially surrounds the diaphragm 7 A stiil'ener 7, similar to still ener 8" of the cross-bearer 8 is ap iied in a like manner to door beam 7, vwln has the same kind of notch as said cross-b arer The diaphragm 7 and its upper and lower flanges are inclined upward from the center sill construction, the upper' ange 7* and the outstanding flange of stifener 7r1 con forming to the plane of the Bange 8a of-the deep cross bearer but the upper and 'lower flanges of this cross bearer or door beam 7 are practically arallel. The dee cross bearers and the oor beams are fixe to the center sill construction and diaphravrns 9 and 10 are fixed within the center si con. struction, the former in alinement with floor l. ends than at the outer eiids but the upper Hanges are designed to lie in practically the same horizontal plane. The deeper side of the bolster diaphragm is designed to be 'ing 13a, in general, similar to the door stop beams 7 andthe latter with cross `beams 8, i

whereby each will form a complete metllic bridge from side to side of the car. The floor beams 7 and the deep cross bearers 8 are provided with door stopV castings 11 fixed to plates rigidly secured to the webs thereof, the inner projecting edge of the said casting lying in approximately the vertical plane of the center of the wheel tread.

The holsters employed in this construction are of the diaphragm type provided with outlining flanges, four diaphragms being used in each bolster, as l), 13. 14 and 15. each pair of diaphragms being spaced apart and arranged bacia to back. The dir.-

Y phrngms are' arranged deeper at the inner castings 11, with the exception of its means for and inode of attachment. Castings 13 each have a rbstrengthened horizontal attachment flange inclined inwardly and downwardly in accordance with the inclinationof the lower flanges of the` air of bolster diaphragms it is associate with, and which it spans and connects. All of stop castings, 11 and 13, have .upstanding flanges designed'to be engaged by said Hanges on the doors 26, when the latter are in their lowermost position. Said doors are thus held against undue lateral vibration during the load-discharging period, and their hinges projected from loosening influences due to such vibration. Above the bolster and secured to the upper tie plate and the upper flanges of thelbolster sections are Zsha d pieces 17 and 184 in form of flanged w ges which are arranged in such manner that the bottom flanges` of the Zshaped ieces abut and the top Hanges wing o utwarn y to afford a maximum su porting surface for the car bottom. The ction of these particular Z pieces will be explained hereafter. The bolsters are provided with a convenient form 'of side body bearing as 21.

The end sills are in form of dished diaphragms 18l having their ilanges turned inwardly, and are braced intermediate their outer ends bymeans of pressings 19 in channel form but having their inner and outer ends l'anged to it within the flanges of the end sills `and intoI the built-up holsters and Z pieces 17.. `The push pole pockets Q0 are fixed to the face of the end sills directly in advance of the juncture of the pressing 19 with the said end sills.

The superstructure or body of the car cornprises side plate girders 22 having a tumbled in inclined lower shedding poi-tion 23, the upper portion of the girder being in the plane of the outer edge of the floor beam T and cross bearers S and the shedding por tion being the width of the inside of the notch or recess in the transverse members. The car end walls 24 are of the usual plate girder type and are indented or notched at their lower port-ion to fit the conformation v'the doors in openin position above the 4ori'zontal through the of the Vside well plategirden car ends "with hand; grips or ldder irons.,

out elaitre to' :he horizontal and. is composed meinl'y of doors which are *to the center sill construction, preferably to the 'websof the spced center sills, and the 27"iserrangedetsome distnce below the top ofthe center so that the doors in clesingfcq-re a concentric xeciprocal or law-likemotion and therefore eliminate or Furthermore, -thejncvated contour closed'postiom is' so arranged that the een- "ter :of gravityof thedoor shell 'lie above the horizontal-*plane of the top chord or compression member of the center sills and have to drop from a horizontal and consequently taken in eonnec tion 1with the loweri j of'thehin es 27 produce eV ma'mmnlout etjffor4 thev` adin and greatly facilitate the openingof the oors. It will be observed hereltbat 'the center sill construction'or the 'cover-plate'QS thereof forms a part of the carbody :and that the incavated contour of' the bottom especially considering the shedding 23of the side walls tend to place 'the'xjweight strain' upon `the door hinges ratherthan upon the door From vanx ctibnof Figs. 1, 3, and 4,

fit will be obseied that theicer endrfrom the bolster tothe csrY end` well Z4 is not provided with dischergeopenings, the reason 4`therefor being-that theweight of the lading reason discharge o s have not n locetedinthese'ensstatab stre would tend to crumple vthe neceel y construction at this place and would Ea bend to burst open the Vdischarge openings. To prevent any contingencies of this kind plates '29 and 30 take the'place. of the doors lind these plates" are diagonally bracedby angle irons 31 and 32 end by. the .brace I9 extending from the 4bolster to the' end sills. It willLnow be observed 4that the bottomA end plates 29 and 30 moy need` adjustment to make them conform to the incavated contour of the body which is the use and function of the Z-bar wedges 17 and 18 heretofore. lieferred to that can be arranged at *for this purpose. Secured to the bottoms of end plates 24ore angular wedges 17y cooperating with and serving the sume purfgj.

is Zba.r wedges 17 and 1S. See'Figs. p Q 3 and 5.' As this car has no side sills, s lde stakes. 33 avre employed andfa form is shownwhelljein a Banged corrugated pressing, the (prrngations thereof; tapering `to zero at the bottom, is employed. These said stakes ere secured to the transverse members and to the side plate girders and the space thus left by the recessed notched portion of the transverse members and the tumbled in shedding portion ofthe plate girders is filled by n casting 34 which is outlined by flanges of varying widths to conform to the side stakes, the transverse members and to a part of theouter surface of the tumbled in shed ding portion 23nd the web of this casting is adapted to carry the car door operating shaft andA its control. It will be observed that the recessed or notched portion; of the bolster shows 'l'llex'iplates and 3G inFgVA 6; these filler plates are merely shown convenient means'or adjusting the alineinent of the parts at the bolster feint-ive to the other cross bearers. The top of the car is preferably provided with outlining flanges 37, 38, 39 and 40 :is s finish and :it the same time es e stillenei and the cnr boflir between the doors provide-l with mirroir transverse strips 1H for tbe purpose ol' increasin, the width of the flanges against which t e doors abut in their closed position. The advantage of this incnvated form, of construction that the lading is practically forced to the center of the car thereby removing considerable strain from the door fastening and operating mechanism and also by the downwardly inclined convergence of the shedding portion of the side walls and the doors when opened, tbe discharge will choke itself and flow ont more evenly. The downward and inward inclination of the transverse members to permit their upper edges to meet the top of the center sills has an advantage of allowing the doors and said transverse members to form tight discharge chutes of maximum capacity which will exi tend beyond the tread of the trucks ofthe cer.

From eninspection of Figs. 1E 2, 5 and Y it will be noted that the braces lfl extend from the end sills just beck of Lhefmshlpole pockets 20 to opposite ouf/exA end portionsof the bolsterjust within the reces neer the end of's'aid bolster. and the braces are positioned intermediate the ends of the end sill of the bolster as well as outwarcli). beyond the lower vertical portieri of the side Wall.. The, braces extend parallel with but belowsaid side wall from end sill to bolster fand thereby reinforce the side wall longitw dinal j' of the mr while the cnr is being moved by means of a' pole resting in the push-pole pocket, therebyY relieving the side `Wall of the stress incident to snid pollingA sill construction yand transverse members,-

side and end walls, a bottom wall composed of a series of doors operating in either direction through and beyond a horizontal plane and stops lixed to the transverse members adapted to limit the opening throw of the doors.

3. A car construction comprising aseries of drop doors hinged belowr the compression element, of the center sill construction vand 20 having their centers of gravity 'above the extended plane of said compression element.

4. car construction comprising n. center sill,"4 `ipriglit side wal-ls having `inwardly and., ownwardly extending lower portions, abottom Wall extending from the bottom of each side Wall downwardly to and being connected With said center sill.

5. A car construction comprising side walls each occupying a pair of verticalV planes and an intermediate inclined plane, end Walls, a center sill construction arallel to said side Walls andmidwey there )etween' and an incavated bottom wall horizontal et said center sill construction.

6. A car body comprising side Walls, cach occupyin a pair of vertical planes and an intermediate inclined plane, an incevated bottom Wall having oppositely inclined portions connected by a central horizontal portion, and end walls.

T. A car body comprising side walls, each having a lower inclined shedding su: face directed toward a center sill construction, parallel spaced apart load-carrying inclined transverse members support-ed thereby and serving also as chut-ewalls, und drop doors downwardly inclined in closed position tnn'ard and to said conter sill construction to c'iiperate with said transverse members in concentrating the load thercut und'having in another position an opposite downward inclination und acting as bottoms for said chutes, and in the latter position` forming te-gethcr with said inclined portions of said c:ide walls: converging surfaces adapted to retard and direct the discharge of the lad io'.'

H. A car bod;- fomprising side vfalls having downwardly and inwardly inclined Lhrriiflirql portions. the transverse members 'n.ivirn verfigxi webs s'lpporfinif the same intermedia-ic the ends of' said mfvibers and lo a piene sbav@ a cenicrsiil .Jnnsfruction- (iro) doors hlnged iii; the latter. und moans noidly iivfdio and rr'rli-:iing from said transverse members for limiting the drop of the doors, saiddoors forming with the webs of said transverse membersdischarge chutes extending ,beyond the tread of the car truck. f

9. 'A car bodyhaving a bottoni wall of substantially uniform cross-section throughout length andcomprising permanently fixed lncavated end portions, a series of downwardly end invilardly inclined doors` and' a center sill construction having a top horizontal plate forming the transverse centralportion of said bottom Wall, transverse mem' ers and converging side walls forming with said doors a converging discharge openin for ladings. Y

10. i car construction comprising a center sill construction, transverse members extendng the full Width of the car and note ied at their upper outer edges to provide a directly re-ajcting support for door opera-ting mechanism.

11; A car construction comprising a` centerV sill construction and transverse members including holsters, a car body provided with downwardly nndinwardly inclined drop doors between the transif'erse members intermediate thebolsters, and end body portions beyond said holst-ers adapted to hold sutlicient lading to form a lading buffer against a buliing stress, the bottom wall of each body portion having opposite inclinations t d'irect a discharging lading toward the central longitudinal plane of the car.

l2. A car construction comprising a center sill construction and transverse niem` hers, a cerbody having an incavated bottom consisting in the main of a series of dump doors, side stakes supporting portion of Suid car side and an operating shaft casting supporting another portion of said car sides.

13. In n car construction, a center sill construction having u topV cover plate, transverse members: downwardly and inwardly inclined Wedges secured thereupon, end walls, Wedges of the same inclination as said first mentioned Wedges secured thereto, side Walls, an inclined bottom sheet resting upon all o'f said wedges and secured thereto and to said center sill construction and side walls.

14. In a car construction.y a center .siliconA struction having a top cover plate` holsters 4and end sills. the former having spaced apart parallel members with their top surfaces in a horizontal plane. a car body haw ing end and side walls. braces connecting said holsters and end walls. Wedges supported upon said holsters members, wedges se cured to said end Walls: and inclined bot tm sheets resting upon and scribed to all of said Wedges,

i5. In :i car coiistriu'tifm. il writer siii Pfinglrimtimh progs-bearers Wiring urfl eo tending outwardly' ihrer-nimm and [mi ily 1,14ogeoe thereabove, each cross-bearer comprising an angled notch 1n the outer end thereof, an

; integral outlining flange following the contour of said notch, and en singular shaped stilfener in proximity to said notch.

16. In a car construction, a center sill con struction, bolsters und end sills, Wedges mounted upon said holsters, floor sheets resting on said wedges, braces extending parallel to Said center sill and connecting said end sills and holsters intermediate their longitudinal extent.

17. A car body comprising side and end walls and an incevated bottom Wall inclnding a relatively flat center sill cover-plate and doors inclined upwardly from said cover late.

18. n n dumping car, a relatively lla-t horizontal center sill plate, dumping doors inclined upwardly and outwardly therefrom and upwardly inclined transverse underfranie members.

19. In a dumping car, an incavated bottom portion at each end including inclined floor sheets and a horizontal center sill coverplate.

20. In a dumping carbody, a center sill cover-plate horizontally disposed extending from end to end thereof and outwardly and upwardlv inclined floor sheets termint- 3 ing intermediate the side edges of said cover plate.

21. In a dumping car, an underframe comprising transverse members havin upwardly and outwardly inclined upper mes., 3 n relatively horizontal center sill plate, and lixefl and movable tloor plates hinged in proximity to said center sill plate, said oor plates inclining upwardly und outwardly.

22. A car construction comprising e, cen- 4 ter sill construction, holsters, inclined transverse members. side walls supported in a plane higher t'lnin said center sill, end walls and. a bottom wall comprising a series of inclined doors extending from seid center 4 sill to said side walls oud operable in either direction through and beyond a horizontal plane.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands inthe [n'esence of tno witnesses.- 5|

ALLEN E. OSTRAXDER. FREDERICK H. GIBBS.

Witnesses:

ALFRED W'AGSTAFF, Jr., HOWARD N. Hrnxrssr.

Corrections in Letters Patent Nr. 1,146,606. 1

It is hereby certified that in Lettere Patent, No. 1,140,606, granted May 25, 1915, upon the application of Allen E` Ostmnder, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, and Frederick H, Gibbs, of New' York, N. Y., for an improvement in Dumping-Cars, errors appear in the printed Specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 72, Strike outl the period and insert a comme, and line 73, begin the article The with a small t, thus making a continuous sentence; Home page, lino 96, for the Word projectod" read protected; and that, the Said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may coliform to the record of the case in the Patent Oice. i

Signed and sealed this 27th day of June, A. D., 1916.

{SEAL} R. F. VVHITEHEAD,

Acting @ammissioner of Patents. 

